go to work

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see go,‎ to,‎ work.
To begin performing some task or work.
To go to one's job, as by commuting.
(idiomatic) To beat up, to batter.
I saw Bruno go to work on Big Timmy; when he was through he didn't have much of a face left.

Translations

go to work

Armenian: գործի գնալ (gorci gnal)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 上班 (soeng⁵ baan¹), 出勤 (ceot¹ kan⁴)

Mandarin: 上班 (zh) (shàngbān), 出勤 (zh) (chūqín)

Min Nan: 上班 (zh-min-nan) (siōng-pan), 出勤 (zh-min-nan) (chhut-khîn / chhut-khûn)
Finnish: mennä töihin
Hindi: काम पर जाना (kām par jānā), दफ़्तर जाना (daftar jānā)
Japanese: 出勤する (しゅっきんする, shukkin suru)

Korean: 출근하다 (ko) (chulgeunhada), 쌍발하다 (ssangbalhada) (regional)
Punjabi: ਕੰਮ ਤੇ ਜਾਣਾ (kamm te jāṇā)
Russian: идти́ на рабо́ту impf (idtí na rabótu)
Swedish: åka till jobbet
Urdu: کام پر جانا‎ (kām par jānā), دفتر جانا‎ (daftar jānā)
Vietnamese: đi làm (vi)

work — see work

commute — see commute

References

"to go to work" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.
go to work at OneLook Dictionary Search

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